Jim Micklethwaite
Thomas Murray
Director - Head of Operations
Jim manages the Global Network Management (‘GNM’) division at TM and has over 26 years in the financial services industry. His responsibilities include running a team of 25 analysts and network managers who track custodian and market practice in 104 markets and assess risks in over 300 custodians, 145 CSDs and 27 CCPs worldwide. Jim is a subject matter expert on post-trade infrastructure and has led various strategic consulting projects on market infrastructure. Previously, Jim was a senior analyst within TM Network Management evaluating and selecting local and global custodians for clients as well as supporting a variety of consultancy engagements. Prior to joining TM in 1995, he was at Taylor Nelson Sofres as a Project Supervisor in their Financial division.
Thomas Murray
Director - Head of Operations
Jim manages the Global Network Management (‘GNM’) division at TM and has over 26 years in the financial services industry. His responsibilities include running a team of 25 analysts and network managers who track custodian and market practice in 104 markets and assess risks in over 300 custodians, 145 CSDs and 27 CCPs worldwide. Jim is a subject matter expert on post-trade infrastructure and has led various strategic consulting projects on market infrastructure. Previously, Jim was a senior analyst within TM Network Management evaluating and selecting local and global custodians for clients as well as supporting a variety of consultancy engagements. Prior to joining TM in 1995, he was at Taylor Nelson Sofres as a Project Supervisor in their Financial division.
Barnaby Nelson
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Managing Director, Head of Securities Services - Greater China and North Asia
Barnaby Nelson is Regional Head of Securities Services for North East Asia and Greater China in Standard Chartered’s Transaction Banking.
In this role, he leads the end-to-end delivery of Standard Chartered’s securities services proposition in several of the Bank’s largest custody businesses: across product development, sales, client servicing and operations.
Barnaby is also responsible for driving the business agenda amongst institutional investor and financial intermediary clients across North East Asia and Greater China, with a focus on supporting clients’ growth aspirations across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Managing Director, Head of Securities Services - Greater China and North Asia
Barnaby Nelson is Regional Head of Securities Services for North East Asia and Greater China in Standard Chartered’s Transaction Banking.
In this role, he leads the end-to-end delivery of Standard Chartered’s securities services proposition in several of the Bank’s largest custody businesses: across product development, sales, client servicing and operations.
Barnaby is also responsible for driving the business agenda amongst institutional investor and financial intermediary clients across North East Asia and Greater China, with a focus on supporting clients’ growth aspirations across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Theodore Niggli
MSCI
MD
As Head of the MSCI Index Business in Asia Pacific, Theodore (Ted) Niggli is responsible for developing the business strategy, driving the product and commercial development and orchestrating client facing and research activities in the region. Ted has been with MSCI since 2000, starting in New York, then transferring to London in 2001, before moving to Shanghai in 2012.
Prior to joining MSCI in 2000, Ted worked for Procter & Gamble for more than 12 years occupying a variety of roles, most recently as Marketing Director in Brazil. Ted started his P&G career in Switzerland, and then moved to Poland, Belgium and finally Brazil.
MSCI
MD
As Head of the MSCI Index Business in Asia Pacific, Theodore (Ted) Niggli is responsible for developing the business strategy, driving the product and commercial development and orchestrating client facing and research activities in the region. Ted has been with MSCI since 2000, starting in New York, then transferring to London in 2001, before moving to Shanghai in 2012.
Prior to joining MSCI in 2000, Ted worked for Procter & Gamble for more than 12 years occupying a variety of roles, most recently as Marketing Director in Brazil. Ted started his P&G career in Switzerland, and then moved to Poland, Belgium and finally Brazil.
Melissa Pang
Deutsche Bank
Director - GTO
Melissa Pang is Head of Global Securities Operation, North Asia at Deutsche Bank. In this role, she leads a team of professionals that provide end-to-end operational support to various business lines including Securities Services and Global Markets in Deutsche Bank. Melissa took on the role in 2012, having joined the bank in 2008.
Melissa actively contributes and influences key local market initiatives such as Stock Connect and Bond Connect within the bank and externally in various market discussions. She is a member of the Hong Kong Custodian Working Group, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets and HKEX Custody Council
Deutsche Bank
Director - GTO
Melissa Pang is Head of Global Securities Operation, North Asia at Deutsche Bank. In this role, she leads a team of professionals that provide end-to-end operational support to various business lines including Securities Services and Global Markets in Deutsche Bank. Melissa took on the role in 2012, having joined the bank in 2008.
Melissa actively contributes and influences key local market initiatives such as Stock Connect and Bond Connect within the bank and externally in various market discussions. She is a member of the Hong Kong Custodian Working Group, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets and HKEX Custody Council
Tess Ravalo
PDTC
President & COO
Tess is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Philippine Depository and Trust Corp. (PDTC), the country’s CSD for the equities and fixed income securities markets. Concurrently, Tess is the President and COO of the Philippine Securities Settlement Corporation (PSSC) which provides the payments infrastructure for the fixed income and currency markets in the country. Both entities are subsidiaries of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corporation (PDS).
She represents the Philippine depository in the Asian Bond Market Forum, the Cross Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum, the Asia-Pacific CSD Group and recently, in the Asian Fund Standardization Forum where PDTC is the newest member of the group.
PDTC
President & COO
Tess is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Philippine Depository and Trust Corp. (PDTC), the country’s CSD for the equities and fixed income securities markets. Concurrently, Tess is the President and COO of the Philippine Securities Settlement Corporation (PSSC) which provides the payments infrastructure for the fixed income and currency markets in the country. Both entities are subsidiaries of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corporation (PDS).
She represents the Philippine depository in the Asian Bond Market Forum, the Cross Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum, the Asia-Pacific CSD Group and recently, in the Asian Fund Standardization Forum where PDTC is the newest member of the group.
Anand Rengarajan
Deutsche Bank
Global Head of Sales & Head of Asia Pacific, Securities Services
Anand is the Head of Securities Services in the Asia Pacific region within Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) business. Securities Services covers 12 markets in Asia, providing Custody & Clearing, and Fund Services (for Mutual Funds and Alternative Funds). The business services global custodians, asset managers, insurance, broker dealers and sovereign wealth funds. In addition, Anand is also the Head of Custody and Clearing, Securities Services, Asia Pacific.
Anand has over 24 years of experience and has been with Deutsche Bank since 2000. In his 18 year career at Deutsche Bank, Anand has held various roles in sales, product and product management, and in both Cash Management and Securities Services across India, Singapore and Malaysia. In his last role, he was the Co-Head of Investor Services covering the South Asian countries for Deutsche Bank.
Deutsche Bank
Global Head of Sales & Head of Asia Pacific, Securities Services
Anand is the Head of Securities Services in the Asia Pacific region within Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) business. Securities Services covers 12 markets in Asia, providing Custody & Clearing, and Fund Services (for Mutual Funds and Alternative Funds). The business services global custodians, asset managers, insurance, broker dealers and sovereign wealth funds. In addition, Anand is also the Head of Custody and Clearing, Securities Services, Asia Pacific.
Anand has over 24 years of experience and has been with Deutsche Bank since 2000. In his 18 year career at Deutsche Bank, Anand has held various roles in sales, product and product management, and in both Cash Management and Securities Services across India, Singapore and Malaysia. In his last role, he was the Co-Head of Investor Services covering the South Asian countries for Deutsche Bank.
Professor Monica Singer
ConsenSys
South Africa Lead
Monica is described by those who know her as being highly energetic and passionate about technology and the power it has to bring change to the world. As the first and only female CEO of South Africa’s long-established Central Securities Depositories, Strate, she is regarded as a formidable leader. She was the catalyst for Strate being one of the first Financial Market Infrastructures to embrace disruption and the new world that Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology offers. As Monica says, ‘If we don’t disrupt ourselves, someone else will. Embrace the technology, people!’
ConsenSys
South Africa Lead
Monica is described by those who know her as being highly energetic and passionate about technology and the power it has to bring change to the world. As the first and only female CEO of South Africa’s long-established Central Securities Depositories, Strate, she is regarded as a formidable leader. She was the catalyst for Strate being one of the first Financial Market Infrastructures to embrace disruption and the new world that Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology offers. As Monica says, ‘If we don’t disrupt ourselves, someone else will. Embrace the technology, people!’
Andy Stephenson
globalcustody.net
Editor
Andy Stephenson is Founder of ServiceMatrix and Editor-in-Chief of AssetMan Group, publisher of globalcustody.net, fundservices.net and Insight.
Andy qualified as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser with Arthur Andersen, working in London and Luxembourg, before joining Chase Manhattan’s global custody business to establish and lead a global tax products group. He subsequently founded a consulting practice and then globalcustody.net and its sister publications. Recently, he launched ServiceMatrix – an app presenting service provider performance based on evaluation by many of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions
globalcustody.net
Editor
Andy Stephenson is Founder of ServiceMatrix and Editor-in-Chief of AssetMan Group, publisher of globalcustody.net, fundservices.net and Insight.
Andy qualified as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser with Arthur Andersen, working in London and Luxembourg, before joining Chase Manhattan’s global custody business to establish and lead a global tax products group. He subsequently founded a consulting practice and then globalcustody.net and its sister publications. Recently, he launched ServiceMatrix – an app presenting service provider performance based on evaluation by many of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions
Simon Thomas
Thomas Murray
Executive Chairman
Simon co-founded the Thomas Murray in 1994 and is the CEO. He was responsible for the creation of the infrastructure risk ratings having specialised in capital market infrastructure risk management for 18 years. He led the working group that created the CSD risk ratings, co-ordinated the custody bank rating methodology development with a major external credit rating agency and developed the CSD and CMIRR risk rating methodologies. He has directed and led the early public custody bank and CSD risk ratings engagements. He retains close relationships with many major financial institutions and capital market infrastructures around the world.
Thomas Murray
Executive Chairman
Simon co-founded the Thomas Murray in 1994 and is the CEO. He was responsible for the creation of the infrastructure risk ratings having specialised in capital market infrastructure risk management for 18 years. He led the working group that created the CSD risk ratings, co-ordinated the custody bank rating methodology development with a major external credit rating agency and developed the CSD and CMIRR risk rating methodologies. He has directed and led the early public custody bank and CSD risk ratings engagements. He retains close relationships with many major financial institutions and capital market infrastructures around the world.
Jürg Unger
Swiss Re
Head Custody & Vendor Relationship Management
Born and educated in Switzerland, Jürg is a seasoned Custody and Network Management as well as Investment Operations expert with over 20 years' experience holding several sell & buy side roles. Throughout his career, he lived and worked in London, Singapore and Bratislava. He is a Digitalisation and FinTech evangelist with focus on exponential technologies. Educated on X-tech at Singularity University.
Currently responsible as Head Custody & Vendor Relationship Management for Swiss Re's custody, network management and vendor strategy. The role also includes Regulations & Market Intelligence as well as FinTech, Digitalisation, RegTech and Exponential Technologies. Jürg is a regular speaker
& panelist at industry leading conferences
Swiss Re
Head Custody & Vendor Relationship Management
Born and educated in Switzerland, Jürg is a seasoned Custody and Network Management as well as Investment Operations expert with over 20 years' experience holding several sell & buy side roles. Throughout his career, he lived and worked in London, Singapore and Bratislava. He is a Digitalisation and FinTech evangelist with focus on exponential technologies. Educated on X-tech at Singularity University.
Currently responsible as Head Custody & Vendor Relationship Management for Swiss Re's custody, network management and vendor strategy. The role also includes Regulations & Market Intelligence as well as FinTech, Digitalisation, RegTech and Exponential Technologies. Jürg is a regular speaker
& panelist at industry leading conferences
Prashant Vagal
NSDL
Executive Vice President
Mr. Prashant Vagal is Executive Vice President and Heads the Business Development and Products and Investor Education department in NSDL. He has completed Bachelor of Engineering and MBA in finance and over 24 years of experience in Capital Markets. Mr. Vagal has been associated with NSDL for 23 years now and handled various activities viz., Business development, Participant and CC Interface, New Product developments, Settlements, Training etc. Mr. Vagal has been a speaker at various forums held internationally.
NSDL
Executive Vice President
Mr. Prashant Vagal is Executive Vice President and Heads the Business Development and Products and Investor Education department in NSDL. He has completed Bachelor of Engineering and MBA in finance and over 24 years of experience in Capital Markets. Mr. Vagal has been associated with NSDL for 23 years now and handled various activities viz., Business development, Participant and CC Interface, New Product developments, Settlements, Training etc. Mr. Vagal has been a speaker at various forums held internationally.
John van Verre
HSBC
Global Head of Network Management and Enhanced Due Diligence
John van Verre has been appointed as the Global Head of Network Management and Enhanced Due Diligence recently. John is responsible for the management of the agent network for cash and securities for HSBC and the Enhanced Global Banking and Markets Client and Correspondent Banking Due Diligence process.
John joined HSBC in June 2008 as the Head of HSBC Securities Services in Singapore and was acting Managing Director of HSBC Securities Services Ireland from August 2010 until his appointment as Head of Global Custody in January 2011 and Global Head of Custody in 2016.
Prior to joining HSBC, John was a member of the Managing Board of ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services, a joint venture providing a wide range of asset servicing solutions with a strong focus on global custody. John held a variety of positions within ABN AMRO Bank, which he joined in 1988.
HSBC
Global Head of Network Management and Enhanced Due Diligence
John van Verre has been appointed as the Global Head of Network Management and Enhanced Due Diligence recently. John is responsible for the management of the agent network for cash and securities for HSBC and the Enhanced Global Banking and Markets Client and Correspondent Banking Due Diligence process.
John joined HSBC in June 2008 as the Head of HSBC Securities Services in Singapore and was acting Managing Director of HSBC Securities Services Ireland from August 2010 until his appointment as Head of Global Custody in January 2011 and Global Head of Custody in 2016.
Prior to joining HSBC, John was a member of the Managing Board of ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services, a joint venture providing a wide range of asset servicing solutions with a strong focus on global custody. John held a variety of positions within ABN AMRO Bank, which he joined in 1988.
Terry Yang
Clifford Chance
Partner
Terry specialises in OTC derivatives and a variety of structured products, including equity and credit linked structures, repackagings, fund linked derivatives, ISDA close-outs and hedging. He is ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific and is particularly recognised for his expertise in OTC derivatives regulatory reforms. Terry has advised regulators, industry groups and a wide variety of clients on issues relating to reporting, clearing and margining of OTC derivatives.
Clifford Chance
Partner
Terry specialises in OTC derivatives and a variety of structured products, including equity and credit linked structures, repackagings, fund linked derivatives, ISDA close-outs and hedging. He is ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific and is particularly recognised for his expertise in OTC derivatives regulatory reforms. Terry has advised regulators, industry groups and a wide variety of clients on issues relating to reporting, clearing and margining of OTC derivatives.
Tae Yoo
HKEX
Managing Director, Markets Division
Tae Seok Clement Yoo serves as Managing Director in Client and Marketing Services at HKEX. His department is responsible for Client Relationship Management, including key relationships between HKEX and their intermediaries, global buyside, and custodians and trusts bank.
Since joining HKEX in 2011, he was co-head of platform development & strategy and head of product & index development. Yoo has over 20 years of financial industry experience with 14 years at CME Group in business development, sales and risk management in Chicago and Asia. Prior to CME, he worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (Sakura Dellsher, Inc.) and at Goldman Sachs & Co. in Chicago.
HKEX
Managing Director, Markets Division
Tae Seok Clement Yoo serves as Managing Director in Client and Marketing Services at HKEX. His department is responsible for Client Relationship Management, including key relationships between HKEX and their intermediaries, global buyside, and custodians and trusts bank.
Since joining HKEX in 2011, he was co-head of platform development & strategy and head of product & index development. Yoo has over 20 years of financial industry experience with 14 years at CME Group in business development, sales and risk management in Chicago and Asia. Prior to CME, he worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (Sakura Dellsher, Inc.) and at Goldman Sachs & Co. in Chicago.